Loughinisland Churches

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2&4 Station Road Saintfield

Former railway station for sale in Saintfield, County Down. Listed with Quinn Property Sales, Ballynahich and Downpatrick. Video by Matt Symons Photography.

Loughinisland Massacre

Remembering the victims of the Loughinisland Massacre (18/06/94). Please feel free to comment

Irish Halligan family; Co. Down Ireland genealogy; Galway storyteller IF63

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1) Halligan is The Family Name of the Week.
2) Searching for Noble, McLaughlin, Murphy, Kelley, Sweeney and Breen !
3) Galway Storytellers is the web site of the Day.
4) Ireland of the Welcomes, started in 1952 has been sold
5) County Down genealogy & family history notes, is the Book of the Month

Families on the 4 Masters Map
What families were in the county in earlier days ? This might provide a clue to the locations of your family today. Here are some of the families given on the Map in the History of Ireland by the 4 Masters (Connellan translation. 2003, I.G.F.) E. = Earl, L.=Lord, C. = chieftain: Audley de Burgo, E. Copeland de Courcy, E. Fitzsimon Jordan de Lacy, E. Mac Cartan, L. Mac Genis, P. Mac Gilmore Mac Gowan Mandeville Martell O' Colgan O' Coltaran O' Connell Mac Rory, C. O' Cormac O' Donlevy, P. O' Florry O' Garvey, C. O' Hanvey O' Heoghy, C. O' Hoey, C. O' Kelly, C. O' Largnan O' Lawlor O' Lawry, Chief O' Longan O' Lynch O' Macken O' Mahon O' Moore, C. O' Moran O' Neill, L. O' Rogan O' Rooney le Poer Riddell Russell Savadge, L. Smyth Staunton, and White.

Castlewellan Forest Park

Castlewellan Forest Park is located in Castlewellan, Northern Ireland. It contains the national Arboretum of Northern Ireland, started in 1740, which contains trees from Asia, North and South America, and Australasia.

This magnificent collection of trees and shrubs, set in beautiful surroundings, also incorporates fountains, ponds, ornamental greenhouses and broad sweeping vistas.

In terms of size, age and condition of the trees, this collection ranks among the top three arboretum the British Isles and the finest in Ireland. It includes:

20 oldest existing specimens in the British Isles
42 ‘champion’ trees of the British Isles
50 ‘champion’ trees of Ireland

The peace maze located in the park was constructed between 2000 and 2001. It contains 6000 yew trees planted by volunteers from Northern Ireland. It was the longest permanent hedge maze in the world until July 2007, when the Pineapple Garden Maze in Wahiawa, Hawaii was extended.

The Castlewellan Gold Leyland cypress was developed in the park from a mutant tree. It was selected by the park director, John Keown, and named Cupressus macrocarpa 'Keownii' in 1963. The original specimen is located in the ornamental gardens.

Castwellan Castle is a Scottish baronial castle built by the Annesley family between 1856 and 1858. It is close to the entrance of the arboretum and overlooks Castlewellan Lake. The castle is now used as a Christian conference centre.

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10 Church Road, Ballynahinch

House for sale at 10 Church Road, Ballynahinch. Details available from Quinn Property Sales, Ballynahinch & Downpatrick. Video by Matt Symons Photogaphy

Teebane bombing

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The Teebane bombing took place on 17 January 1992 at a rural crossroads between Omagh and Cookstown in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.A roadside bomb destroyed a van carrying 14 construction workers who had been repairing a British Army base in Omagh.Eight of the men were killed and the rest were wounded.The Provisional Irish Republican Army claimed responsibility, saying that the workers were killed because they were collaborating with the forces of occupation.

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St. Macartan's Cathedral from the air

St. Macartan's Cathedral, Monaghan Town, Co. Monaghan filmed from the air.

Seaforde Working vintage club rally 2 September 2017 in 4K

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0:00:53 Wood cutting
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0:02:15 Two Horse plowing
0:02:38 Threshing and bailing
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0:11:18 Tractor on way home through Newcastle
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Belfast Shankill Loyalist Bands (BBC Documentary)

The men that wont stop marching A recent documentary showing the local Shankill area and the bands that are keeping the community spirit. Shows the lives of some of the local people and their views of the past and the present.

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BBC News-Glenanne gang: Legal challenge over investigation into UVF killings

Glenanne gang: Legal challenge over investigation into UVF killings
The brother of a boy killed by a loyalist gang, which included members of the RUC and UDR, is to launch a legal challenge against Northern Ireland's chief constable later.

The Glenanne gang has been accused of involvement in 120 murders on both sides of the border in the early 1970s.

Edward Barnard's brother Patrick, 13, was among those killed.

The Ulster Volunteer Force gang was based at a farm in Glenanne, County Armagh.

Patrick Barnard was one of four people who died in a bomb at the Hillcrest Bar in Dungannon, County Tyrone, on 17 March 1976.

His brother will seek a judicial review into how the Historical Enquiries Team (Het) - which has now been effectively closed - examined the murder.
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The Troubles | Wikipedia audio article

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The Troubles


00:03:18 1 Overview
00:05:50 2 Background
00:05:58 2.1 1609–1791
00:07:30 2.2 1791–1912
00:09:09 2.3 1912–1922
00:13:29 2.4 1922–1966
00:15:22 3 Late 1960s
00:15:58 3.1 Civil rights campaign and unionist backlash
00:22:52 3.2 August 1969 riots and aftermath
00:27:25 4 1970s
00:27:34 4.1 Violence peaks and Stormont collapses
00:29:41 4.2 Bloody Sunday
00:34:18 4.3 Sunningdale Agreement and UWC strike
00:38:13 4.4 Proposal of an independent Northern Ireland
00:40:39 4.5 Mid-1970s
00:43:13 4.6 Late 1970s
00:45:07 5 1980s
00:50:41 6 1990s
00:51:44 6.1 Escalation in South Armagh
00:53:30 6.2 First ceasefire
00:55:31 6.3 Second ceasefire
00:58:24 6.4 Political process
01:00:44 7 Collusion between British forces and loyalists
01:05:24 8 The Disappeared
01:06:59 9 Shoot-to-kill allegations
01:07:42 10 Parades issue
01:08:55 11 Social repercussions
01:11:08 12 Casualties
01:13:17 12.1 Responsibility
01:15:02 12.2 Status
01:16:12 12.3 Location
01:16:43 12.4 Chronological listing
01:16:52 12.5 Additional statistics
01:17:01 13 See also
01:17:56 13.1 In popular culture



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The Troubles (Irish: Na Trioblóidí) was an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland during the late 20th century. Also known internationally as the Northern Ireland conflict, and the Conflict in Ireland, it is sometimes described as a guerrilla war or a low-level war. The conflict began in the late 1960s and is usually deemed to have ended with the Good Friday Agreement of 1998. Although the Troubles primarily took place in Northern Ireland, at times the violence spilled over into parts of the Republic of Ireland, England, and mainland Europe.
The conflict was primarily political and nationalistic, fuelled by historical events. It also had an ethnic or sectarian dimension, although it was not a religious conflict. A key issue was the constitutional status of Northern Ireland. Unionists/loyalists, who were mostly Protestants, wanted Northern Ireland to remain within the United Kingdom. Irish nationalists/republicans, who were mostly Catholics, wanted Northern Ireland to leave the United Kingdom and join a united Ireland.
The conflict began during a campaign to end discrimination against the Catholic/nationalist minority by the Protestant/unionist government and police force. The authorities attempted to suppress this protest campaign and were accused of police brutality; it was also met with violence from loyalists, who alleged it was a republican front. Increasing inter-communal violence, and conflict between nationalist youths and police, eventually led to riots in August 1969 and the deployment of British troops. Some Catholics initially welcomed the army as a more neutral force, but it soon came to be seen as hostile and biased. The emergence of armed paramilitary organisations led to the subsequent warfare over the next three decades.
The main participants in the Troubles were republican paramilitaries such as the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) and the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA); loyalist paramilitaries such as the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and Ulster Defence Association (UDA); British state security forces – the British Army and Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC); and political activists and politicians. The security forces of the Republic played a smaller role. Republican paramilitaries carried out a guerrilla campaign against the British security forces, as well as a bombing campaign against infrastructure, commercial and political targets. Loyalists targeted republicans/nationalists, and attacked the wider Catholic community in what they claimed was retaliation. At times there were bouts of sectarian tit-for-tat violence. The British security forces undertook both a policing and a counter-insurgency role, primarily against republicans. There were some incidents of collusion between British security forces and loyalists. The Troubles also involved numerous ri ...

Video shows gunman in bar hours before shooting

Video shows gunman in bar hours before shooting